Ruth Ramstein
Ruth Ramstein (born June 3, 1950 in Muri ) is a Swiss prize winner of the Prix Courage .
Life
After attending commercial school, she studied at the Zurich School of Design. She worked as an artist. In 1990 Ruth Ramstein became a school caretaker in Möriken . Ruth Ramstein moved away from Möriken with her family and now lives in Lenzburg .
Award
She received the Prix Courage in 1998 because, as a school caretaker and mother , she fought for years to get justice done to schoolgirls who were sexually abused by a teacher . She had to assert herself against the inaction of the authorities and the hostility of the villagers of Möriken and the teaching staff. The case got in the national press and on Swiss television and is taken up again and again in the press when the occasion arises.
background
In 1990, her daughter, who had just started school, told her about sexual violations of boundaries by her teacher Köbi F. When she found out that the teacher had taken two students to bed at the class camp and petted them, she informed the school administration committee, including the school doctor and the school doctor President of the District Court. When this became known, the teachers demanded their resignation from the school administration and they are asked to avoid the school house area. The accused Köbi F. is recognized by the school authorities and all concerns about his behavior in class are irrelevant. He was unanimously re-elected as a teacher and continued to head the lower school ski camp. In 1995 he quit his job without giving any reason. After further accusations of other children in 1997 and despite a criminal complaint, the school authorities continued to stand behind Köbi F. In 2002 he was sentenced in the last instance to 3¼ years in prison and a five-year professional ban for sexual assault and sexual acts with children.
Ruth Ramstein believes that the case inspired Urs Odermatt to write his play The Evil Uncle and the film of the same name . Urs Odermatt denies this, points to the archetypal character of the case and points out that every village and every small town is familiar with such and similar cases of abuse.
literature
- Barbara Lukesch and Ruth Ramstein: Sexual Abuse. The Möriken case and its consequences , Observer-Buchverlag, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85569-207-6 .
Web links
- Entry about Ruth Ramstein in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Barbara Lukesch: The Möriker reject Ruth Ramstein because she wants to put an end to the overreaching gymnastics teacher Köbi F. , Das Magazin , October 25, 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prix Courage 1998: The winner is Ruth Ramstein ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Observer , 20/1998.
- ↑ Case Köbi F .: Slightly milder verdict ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Switzerland currently , November 16, 2000.
- ↑ The attacks of Köbi F. ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SRF Wissen dated December 3, 1997.
- ↑ Ruth Ramstein, the woman who exposed the child molester Köbi F. , Blick , September 14, 2007.
- ↑ Guilty verdict for Köbi F. confirmed in full , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of April 10, 2002.
- ↑ Fabian Muster: This is how Köbi F. was exposed as a sex offender , Aargauer Zeitung of August 6, 2012.
- ↑ The Bad Uncle - Press. In: nordwestfilm.ch. Retrieved April 17, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramstein, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss school caretaker and winner of the Prix Courage |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muri |